Scouting Locations for Photo Shoots

For the cover:

I ended up choosing the second photo of Grant Calvin because he looked more happy and comfortable than the first photo. I planned on having my cover page of a younger aged model to represent that particular Sarasota social group and I achieved that. I also planned on having my model smile and be in some sort of pose, which helped me narrow it down to the second photo. Also, there was much better lighting and framing in the second photo. I chose this photo because I wanted a smiling, inviting face on the front to help bring the audience in and encourage them to read and become healthy and fit.

Table of Contents:

For my table of contents, I wanted the page to display 2 separate pictures. One of the pictures being a person of any age group doing a fitness type movement, and one being a scenic picture of a popular/well-known place in Sarasota. I ended up choosing the girl running over the man meditating. I made this decision because I wanted brighter lighting and I planned on having a person moving in the 'active' picture. The shape, style and meaning of the girl running better suited the magazine and its overall purpose. Both pictures represented various social groups for our audience, but I personally felt the picture of the girl running was a better fit to the theme. As for the scenic picture, I ended up choosing the Ringling Bridge picture. I chose this picture because that bridge is a huge representation of the city of Sarasota and displays in many locations. This bridge also fit the same color schemes and theme as shown in the other picture on the page of the girl running. This helped make my decision over the park, fields and beach.  

Main Article:

For my main article, I planned on having my pictures relate to the main topic of the article. Which in my particular issue of this groups magazine was Fresh Kitchen. I wanted one of the outside of the building, one inside, one of the food and one of the menu. When formatting my article I only had limited space and ended up choosing the top 3 pictures shown above, discluding the menu pictures. I decided on that because my article already talked about the products they sell, so to show the menu would be repetitive. The 3 pictures I chose were all what I planned on wanting. They had to right lighting and format and all represented the purpose I was trying to display to the desired audience. They showed different aspects of the restaurant, which helps advertise the place to the readers and the various social groups.